[tomegun]

Thank you for putting me on your ignore list since you are acting like a dumba$$. I said I know Gary Maxwell, he is a good guy and I (literally) said my comments were not about him. How can I say my comments were not about him any clearer.

You are sitting there saying I'm drunk and you don't even know what day it is! It isn't Friday, it is Saturday.

You are hilarious - every time someone says something that you don't agree with you put them on your ignore list. Newsflash: you are not better than anyone else and you can be wrong sometimes. My sensationalizing of using the stop sign has caused a disagreement between us. I think the fact that you choose to exercise your right to ignore me because of this disagreement says something about how you react to disagreements and could indicate how you treat others who don't feel the same way you do. Pretty sad.

Jurassic, this is how I feel about the stop sign: there is a time and a place for it, but it isn't really for me. It just doesn't seem like is a natural part of non-confrontational communication to me. I will verbally warn a coach when appropriate and then continue with a technical foul. Just like you've pointed out, giving this public warning puts the official in a position where they must T a coach the next time something happens or else their credibility could suffer. My posts about stop signs came about because it seemed to me like many people were talking about using the stop sign as if it was a required step towards a coach getting a T. That is why I talk about it being robotic. So, no, I don't feel like the stop sign should never be used, but my personal preference would probably be to not use it. I won't say I will never use it because that would be an absolute I might not live up to.